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GOMBINED MATCH BOX AND KNIFE; N0. 263,777. H I Patented Sept. 5, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LE ROY W. FAIRGHILD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

' COMBINE-D MATCH-BOX AND KNIFE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 263,777, dated September 5, 1882.

Application filed May 18, 1882. (No model.)

Knife, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of acombined matchbox and knife, constructed as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the box with the blade opened, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same with the blade closed.

The object of this invention is to provide a box for carrying matches and a small knifeblade so arranged in connection with the box that it can be opened like an ordinary knifeblade for cutting or puncturing the end of a cigar, and be closed and carried with safety in the pocket.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the body of the box. which I preferably make in the form of a pocket-flask. The lower portion, B, which corresponds to the detachable cup ordinarily used with such flasks, in this case answers as a cover for the box, the bottom of the flask being left open, and the cover B being made detachable, as represented in Fig. 2. In one edge of the boXI secure a spring, 0, as shown in Fig. 2, and at the top I pivot a blade, b, which is curved to fit a recess madein the opposite edge of the box when closed, as shown. A small recess, 0, is formedon one side in the body A of the box, as shown in Fig. 1, to enable the blade to be opened by the thumbnail.

' A box thus constructed with a small blade attached is a great convenience to smokers, as it serves not only the purpose of an ordinary match-box, but also as a knife for cutting or puncturing the tip of the cigar, thus avoiding the usual practice of biting off the tip of the cigar, which not unfrequently loosens the wrapper, and is objectionable for other reasons also.

It is obvious that instead. of making the cover B detachable, as shown, it may be attached by a hinge and made to open in any suitable manner. H

A box made as shown is an attractive article when neatly and properly made of suitable material, and the blade may be used for other purposes as well as that for which itis specially designed.

I am aware that various styles of match boxes with cutters for cutting off the tips of cigars have been devised, and also that one has been made in the form of an ordinary pocket-knife with a box alongside of the handle, and therefore I do not claim such; but,

' Having specifically described my device, what I claim is- The combined match-box and knife, consisting of the flask-shaped case A, with the cover B, in combination with the spring 0 and blade I), curved as shown, whereby they are adapted to fit in recesses in the opposite edges of the case and be brought into contact at the upper end of the same, as set forth.

LE ROY W. FAIRUHILD'. Witnesses:

VICTOR W. BRUNDAGE, S. D. DIAS. 

